discourse/docs
Nick Schneble 4bb5c86961
Add a few helpful tips to the installation guide (#34390)
This PR adds three individual changes to the self-hosting installation
guide:

1. A note on DigitalOcean blocking SMTP ports
1. A preemptive bit of troubleshooting for SMTP port 465
1. A nice title!

**A note on DigitalOcean blocking SMTP ports**
DigitalOcean is recommended in the self-hosting guide, but they block
SMTP ports in all droplets by default now. This change formally occurred
in March/April 2025. You can have them unblocked, but it requires a
support ticket. I added this information right below the recommendation
on using DigitalOcean.

**A preemptive bit of troubleshooting for SMTP port 465**
I don’t have the ability to edit the email troubleshooting guide, but
since the self-hosting guide has a few helpful tips on setting up your
email properly, I felt this was appropriate to add as well. The TLDR is
you simply can’t use port 465 without adding
`DISCOURSE_SMTP_FORCE_TLS=true` to the SMTP settings in `app.yml`. It’s
an easy fix once you know about it, but the two days I spent trying to
get to that point were not fun!

**A nice title!**
The guide felt a little naked without a bold title to kick things off.
2025-08-25 16:50:57 -04:00
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ADMIN-QUICK-START-GUIDE.md fix emojis (#34411) 2025-08-19 11:25:20 +02:00
AUTHORS.md HTTPSify links (#7046) 2019-02-22 16:29:27 +01:00
CHANGELOG-JAVASCRIPT-PLUGIN-API.md FIX: remove admin_sidebar_enabled_groups setting (#31693) 2025-03-11 11:41:38 +11:00
code-of-conduct.md Update Code of Conduct to v2.0 (#12296) 2021-03-04 23:44:58 -05:00
INSTALL-cloud.md Add a few helpful tips to the installation guide (#34390) 2025-08-25 16:50:57 -04:00
INSTALL-email.md DEV: Update mailgun pricing (#32222) 2025-04-09 09:56:03 +08:00
INSTALL.md Update INSTALL.md (#31097) 2025-02-27 00:21:38 +01:00
PLUGINS.md discourse/discourse change from 'master' to 'main' 2021-07-19 11:46:15 -04:00
SECURITY.md FEATURE: Increase pbkdf2 iterations to 600k (#20981) 2023-04-11 11:56:20 +01:00
TESTING.md DEV: replace mailcatcher references with mailhog (#14500) 2021-10-05 15:48:06 +05:30